Facts about Australia:
Queen Elisabeth II The prime minister Kevin Rudd.
In Australia there is monarchy. That means that queen Elisabeth II is ruling the country. The country has also a prime minister named Kevin Rudd. The capital city in Australia is Canberra. The national day is 26 January and the official language is English. We all know that Australia’s national animal is the Kangaroo.
The Australian history:
Australia’s oldest people are the Aborigines. They have lived on the continent for more than 50 000 years. Before the European colonization from 1788 it was between 300 000 and 750 000 Aborigines in Australia. More than a 100 years before the Europeans came to Australia, the continent was visited of fishermen’s from the islands north of the country.
The Dutch seamen discovered and mapped most of Australia’s north, west and south coastline in the 1700’s. The most known explorer of the east coast is the English captain James Cook. He sailed along the east coast in the 1770’s, and when he came home to London his rapports led to the English men colonizing Australia. The British colonization started in 1788 when the first raft arrived with 1000 prisoners and officers from England. Captain Cook called the area where they landed New South Wales. In 1931 Australia got full independence from Great Britain, but the Australians didn’t feel independent before 30 years later.
The white population in Australia increased slowly first 40 years after 1788. A lot of the citizens were either prisoners or earlier prisoners. In the 1830’s Australia were considered as England’s property. From that day forward there were laid out new colonies a long the coast. More immigrants came from England, and sheep became an important basis for the financial development. It was England who got animals and land in Australia, and the wool was sold to the homeland. The colonies were Victoria, Western Australia, Tasmania and Queensland and these became later states in Australia. Around the 1850’s exploded the population in Australia because they found a lot of gold in the colonies. In 1851 there were less than half a million citizens in Australia, but ten years later it was more than 1,1 millions.
The governments who had the power in the 1980’s did big changes in the Australian economy. Until then had Australian economy been independent of exporting products. The government had been very careful allowing foreign influence in the Australian industry and in working conditions. This changed sharply in the 1980’s. The value of the Australian dollar was in constant change, the banks had bigger freedom, they allowed bigger investments from abroad, official services were privatized and the government did less to support and protect the small business. This was the biggest change in Australian economy in this century. This led to insecurity and debate.
Mining:
There are big mineral resources in parts of the continent, which have made Australia to one of the world’s biggest suppliers of minerals. This makes up more than 20 percent of the country’s export.
Development:
Stanley Melbourne Bruce was prime minister in Australia in the 1920’s. More than 60 years after the country got independence in 1901, where the country’s future strongly connected to Great Britain. From England it came more workers to develop the industry, invest in new projects and to buy most of Australia’s wool, meat, fruit and grain harvest. In the 1960’s Australia began to export big iron ore, coal, bauxite and nickel. Japan bought a lot of these new export products, and since then have Japan and other Asian countries been important trading partners for Australia. The Australian liaison is the world’s biggest wool producer, but also meat and wheat is significant export products. Coal and minerals is still the country’s most important export product.
Geography:
Australia is a big island, and the world’s sixth largest country. West and south of Australia there are big Indian’s oceans and in the south Antarctica. Australia is the most flat and driest continent. In Australia there are over 20 million peoples. Only 5 percent of territory lies 600 meters above sea level. The landscape can be divided in three regions; the highland in east, the lowland in the middle and mountains plateau in the west. The chain Great Dividing Range stretch it self’s parallel with the coast on the east side. Here is the country’s biggest mountaintop, Mount Kosciusko. Outside the coast in northeast runs the Great Barrier Reef, a huge coral reef more than 2000 km long. Rain and water is a short supply in Australia. In the inner of the country can it rain as little as 150 mm rain every year. Australia is described as the world’s oldest continent. A lot of the rocks are more then 3 billion years. There are often forest fires in Australia because of the dry and the hot climate in the summer. The forest depends on these fires to survive. Almost three-quarters of Australia are dry or damped, and the desert varies from rocky fields to nice sand and grass. Because of rain from Antarctica the rainforest exist in the south parts of Victoria and on Tasmania.
Population and school:
The Australian liaison is very thinly populated, only 2 people pr. km2. The schools are mandatory for every child between 6 and 15 years old. Most of the people go to state schools, which are free. But they also goes to private schools and they are very expensive. Australian students wear school uniforms.
Plant and animal life:
Both the plant and animal life is very special in Australia. Australia’s national animal is the kangaroo. There are the Dingoes, Emus, Camels, Kangaroos and the Coala bear.
Tourism:
Under you can see a picture of The Great Barrier Reef:
Australia’s unique animal life, climate, beautiful landscape and big cities make the country a special tourist industry. The Great Barrier Reef and Australia’s exotic animals fascinate tourists. Australia has won international prices for tourist projects that don’t harm the environment.
Sports and leisure time:
Sports are among some activities in Australia. They have fishing, sailing and horse riding. But the favorites are rugby, cricket, horse riding and tennis, basketball, hockey, four types of football and surfing. There are 130 national sports organizations, and thousands of local sport clubs.
The national Australian motto:
“Advance Australia.”
Here is a picture of the Australian coat of arms:
Similarities between Australia and Great Britain:
The similarities between Australia and Great Britain are that both countries have constitutional monarchy and Queen Elisabeth II. Both countries are English speaking, and students have to wear school uniforms when they are going to school.
Australia
Facts about Australia:Queen Elisabeth II The prime minister Kevin Rudd.
In Australia there is monarchy. That means that queen Elisabeth II is ruling the country. The country has also a prime minister named Kevin Rudd. The capital city in Australia is Canberra. The national day is 26 January and the official language is English. We all know that Australia’s national animal is the Kangaroo.
The Australian history:
Australia’s oldest people are the Aborigines. They have lived on the continent for more than 50 000 years. Before the European colonization from 1788 it was between 300 000 and 750 000 Aborigines in Australia. More than a 100 years before the Europeans came to Australia, the continent was visited of fishermen’s from the islands north of the country.
The Dutch seamen discovered and mapped most of Australia’s north, west and south coastline in the 1700’s. The most known explorer of the east coast is the English captain James Cook. He sailed along the east coast in the 1770’s, and when he came home to London his rapports led to the English men colonizing Australia. The British colonization started in 1788 when the first raft arrived with 1000 prisoners and officers from England. Captain Cook called the area where they landed New South Wales. In 1931 Australia got full independence from Great Britain, but the Australians didn’t feel independent before 30 years later.
The white population in Australia increased slowly first 40 years after 1788. A lot of the citizens were either prisoners or earlier prisoners. In the 1830’s Australia were considered as England’s property. From that day forward there were laid out new colonies a long the coast. More immigrants came from England, and sheep became an important basis for the financial development. It was England who got animals and land in Australia, and the wool was sold to the homeland. The colonies were Victoria, Western Australia, Tasmania and Queensland and these became later states in Australia. Around the 1850’s exploded the population in Australia because they found a lot of gold in the colonies. In 1851 there were less than half a million citizens in Australia, but ten years later it was more than 1,1 millions.
The governments who had the power in the 1980’s did big changes in the Australian economy. Until then had Australian economy been independent of exporting products. The government had been very careful allowing foreign influence in the Australian industry and in working conditions. This changed sharply in the 1980’s. The value of the Australian dollar was in constant change, the banks had bigger freedom, they allowed bigger investments from abroad, official services were privatized and the government did less to support and protect the small business. This was the biggest change in Australian economy in this century. This led to insecurity and debate.
Mining:
There are big mineral resources in parts of the continent, which have made Australia to one of the world’s biggest suppliers of minerals. This makes up more than 20 percent of the country’s export.
Development:
Stanley Melbourne Bruce was prime minister in Australia in the 1920’s. More than 60 years after the country got independence in 1901, where the country’s future strongly connected to Great Britain. From England it came more workers to develop the industry, invest in new projects and to buy most of Australia’s wool, meat, fruit and grain harvest. In the 1960’s Australia began to export big iron ore, coal, bauxite and nickel. Japan bought a lot of these new export products, and since then have Japan and other Asian countries been important trading partners for Australia. The Australian liaison is the world’s biggest wool producer, but also meat and wheat is significant export products. Coal and minerals is still the country’s most important export product.
Geography:
Australia is a big island, and the world’s sixth largest country. West and south of Australia there are big Indian’s oceans and in the south Antarctica. Australia is the most flat and driest continent. In Australia there are over 20 million peoples. Only 5 percent of territory lies 600 meters above sea level. The landscape can be divided in three regions; the highland in east, the lowland in the middle and mountains plateau in the west. The chain Great Dividing Range stretch it self’s parallel with the coast on the east side. Here is the country’s biggest mountaintop, Mount Kosciusko. Outside the coast in northeast runs the Great Barrier Reef, a huge coral reef more than 2000 km long. Rain and water is a short supply in Australia. In the inner of the country can it rain as little as 150 mm rain every year. Australia is described as the world’s oldest continent. A lot of the rocks are more then 3 billion years. There are often forest fires in Australia because of the dry and the hot climate in the summer. The forest depends on these fires to survive. Almost three-quarters of Australia are dry or damped, and the desert varies from rocky fields to nice sand and grass. Because of rain from Antarctica the rainforest exist in the south parts of Victoria and on Tasmania.
Population and school:
The Australian liaison is very thinly populated, only 2 people pr. km2. The schools are mandatory for every child between 6 and 15 years old. Most of the people go to state schools, which are free. But they also goes to private schools and they are very expensive. Australian students wear school uniforms.
Plant and animal life:
Both the plant and animal life is very special in Australia. Australia’s national animal is the kangaroo. There are the Dingoes, Emus, Camels, Kangaroos and the Coala bear.
Tourism:
Under you can see a picture of The Great Barrier Reef:
Australia’s unique animal life, climate, beautiful landscape and big cities make the country a special tourist industry. The Great Barrier Reef and Australia’s exotic animals fascinate tourists. Australia has won international prices for tourist projects that don’t harm the environment.
Sports and leisure time:
Sports are among some activities in Australia. They have fishing, sailing and horse riding. But the favorites are rugby, cricket, horse riding and tennis, basketball, hockey, four types of football and surfing. There are 130 national sports organizations, and thousands of local sport clubs.
The national Australian motto:
“Advance Australia.”
Here is a picture of the Australian coat of arms:
Similarities between Australia and Great Britain:
The similarities between Australia and Great Britain are that both countries have constitutional monarchy and Queen Elisabeth II. Both countries are English speaking, and students have to wear school uniforms when they are going to school.
Sources:
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia
• http://www.sydhav.no/Australia/fakta.htm
• http://www.caplex.no/Web/ArticleView.aspx?id=9300859
• Books.